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Cremation? Burial? How about Diamonds?

Posted by chrisd on from the but-is-it-a-scam dept.

travisbecker writes "From Reuters via Yahoo! comes this story. "A Chicago company (Lifegem) says it has developed a process for turning cremated human remains into diamonds that can be worn as jewelry." As for the quality... "If it's done slowly and with a great deal of care, one could have a reasonably high-quality diamond," according to a quote in the story." This should not be confused with our earlier diamond discussion.

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  1. how to protect against fraud? by tstoneman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    At $22,000 per carat, you could just go out and buy a 1 ct diamond for $7000 and say it's your dearly departed, and make an instant $15,000. Since you can't do DNA analysis to determine if the diamond is actually the person, what's to stop them from just doing that???

  2. Re:Girls best friend? by User+956 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    These diamonds are a girl's best friend. If it doesn't help perpetuate poverty and strife, it's not a real diamond. Just ask DeBeers.

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  3. It ain't the supervillains that worry me! by GuyMannDude · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Actually, it was chrisd's final statement that spoked me:

    This should not be confused with our earlier diamond discussion.

    You remember, don't you? The one that went like so:

    Would you buy one for the love of your life? I know my girlfriend would love a diamond, but ethically I have my doubts. Diseased-miners, child slave labour, cartel inflated prices...

    I guess we have to add murders and grave robbing to that list now! Those evil diamond traders will do anything to get more raw materials for their diabolical schemes!

    GMD

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